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B. PLATO.

HAT.

No. 864,129. Patented May 31, 1887.

INVENTOR WITNESS ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFIc t ROBERT PLATO, OF YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,129, dated May31,1887.

I Application filed April 4, 1887 Serial No. 233,599. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT PLATO, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Hat, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description. v

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and practical foldinghat; and the in: vention consists, principally, in forming the brim-wirein curved sections, with inwardly projecting radial arms at the ends ofeach -section, which arms are held by radial seams of cauvas or othersuitable flexible material. The brim B is, by preference, made of twothicknesses of material, and at the outer edge of the brim is placed thefour stiffening-wires C. These wires are curved and formed at their endswith the arms (1 cl, which project toward the crown A, as shown clearlyin Fig.'

1 The bri m is stitched radially to form seams ff, which retain the armsd in position, and at the same time permit the hat to be folded at theseams, so that the hat may be folded flat, and to assume the shape shownin Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The hat provided with the brim B, having radial seams f, in'combinationwith the wires 0, formed with the arms (I, projecting into the seams f,substantially asdescr'ibed.

ROBERT PLATO.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. OMEARA, YSEDOR ROSENTOVER.

